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National Chocolate Cake Day - 2016

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  Today is National Chocolate Cake Day. I was way to busy today to make chocolate cake from scratch, so I just went and bought some cupcakes from the store. The kids seemed to enjoy them.  We are at my parent's house...

Pretty Skies

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  I just love to see sunrises and sunsets.  The sunlight reflecting off the mountains and clouds, they are just so pretty! Here are some photos I've take recently of the sunrises and sunsets.

13th Birthday

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  Can you believe Brichette is 13 years old.  It's crazy how time just seems to fly by.  We had a party for her today, even though it's Nick's birthday.  He doesn't mind. We had a lot of family and friends come to celebrate her! She loves Music so much that we got her a cake with Music on it.

Special Times

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  It's been hard on all of us since we got the news about  Lorena's Cancer .  I h ave been going with her to all her appointments and doctor visits. Today we came to an appointment so they could put the port in for the chemo therapy. As I was waiting for her to come back from the procedure, I decided I would take a picture.  I didn't know how long it would take, so I brought my tablet and crocheting with me to keep myself busy.  They had a TV in the room, so I turned it on because I hate it being quiet.

No Lump Mac and Cheese

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  We eat boxed mac and cheese.  I know a lot of you are like ewww... do you know what's in that?  Homemade mac and cheese is so much better.  I know I've heard it all.  With having five kids and so many different ages, needs, wants, etc. boxed mac and cheese is so much easier.  We like the kraft one, but Winco is our favorite... and bonus, it's cheaper. What I do is cook the noodles as the box directs.  Then I dump them into a strainer and let them sit in the sink.  I then add the butter and milk to the hot pan so the butter can melt and mix with the milk.  I add the noodles back in and mix them around in the butter and milk until they are well coated.  Then I add in the cheese packet and mix.  Doing it this way makes the cheese packet easier to mix in and I don't ever have lumps.

News About Lorena

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  We found out that Lorena's stomach problems are due to colon cancer.  I hate cancer.  It's an awful thing and so many families have to go through it.   We spent some time with her today while she was in the hospital.  I got this picture of our kids and Maren & Eric's kids looking out the window at the Salt Lake Valley.  WE LOVE YOU LORENA!